BIHS freshman's poem wins a trip to Vancouver Olympics
Answering a contest call from McDonald's, BIHS freshman Jalena Keane-Lee has won a four-day trip to this month's Winter Olympics in Vancouver, B.C., with a rhyming essay that celebrated her multinational heritage and the values of the Olympic Games. As part of the McDonald's Champion Kids contest, Jalena will be reporting back to the Berkeley community on her experiences in Vancouver and her encounters with other youth correspondents in the MCK program. Read more about her from the Berkeley High Jacket.
Berkeley International High School, an International Baccalaureate World School, offers every student the opportunity to challenge him or herself to reach the very highest level of academic achievement. Our students will become intelligent, engaged, energetic and passionate about their own learning.Help for Extended Essay writers
The University of Rochester is one of many colleges and universities offering pre-college summer programs for high school students, but the upstate New York school has added a program for this summer that might be of special interest to IB students. Called E3: The Extended Essay Experience, the July 25-31 program offers rising seniors a chance to begin Extended Essay research, along with coaching by IB instructors and university librarians. For more information, contact Haniya Selzer at the University of Rochester, or talk to BIHS IB coordinator Ashley Milton.
Date change for BIHS graduation celebration
Our students have made a change to the BIHS graduation plans based on a survey of the preferences of the graduating class. The new date is May 21; the event will take place on the UC Berkeley campus. More details will be forthcoming as soon as they are available.
IB exam schedule for May 2010
For those juniors and seniors planning far ahead, Ms. Milton has provided the schedule of International Baccalaureate exams to be administered this spring. The exams will stretch from May 4-24, 2010, starting with English and math, extending through history and the sciences and concluding with foreign languages.